Overview
Provide administrative support for the IX Session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support in all procurement processes for the Regional Platform (RP), such as interpretation and translation services, online platforms and software, production companies, interactive tools, from the elaboration of Terms of Reference, support with quotations, and follow-up on administrative tasks.
- Support in the development and update the participants' lists of the RP.
- Support responses of RP incoming enquiries and follow-up communication with participants.
- Provide support for other logistics arrangements as requested.
Required Experience
Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (university degree or equivalent, or higher).
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
- Pursuing or pursued their degree in areas related to this Job Opening.
- Good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, Power Point and MS Teams.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
